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Show #518 Find Nightspots on www.WindyCityQueercast.com 4 April 24, 2013 WINDY CITY TIMES Boy Scouts may remove ban—with conditions ¡Out! by Tania Unzueta Carrasco By KATE SOSIN Hale said that the council’s board met and cre- ated a statement in support of the change after Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is poised to remove most of the groups member’s said they wanted Coming Out as a Deportee its ban on openly gay scouts, the organization the anti-gay language removed. If Juan Carlos Vera had not come out as a law, either to eat or just survive. But “They felt that times have changed, that peo- has announced. The ban on openly gay adult person in deportation proceedings, today unless you are also undocumented or a ple are more accepting of other lifestyles,” Hale leaders, however, would remain. he would be living in Mexico. Although permanent legal resident, you didn’t get After years of controversy surrounding the ban said. Vera is not queer, his story is relevant be- deported from your country. on openly gay scouts and leaders, the organiza- Hale said that the council heard from both cause it was the strategies developed by As a response, in 2009 groups of un- tion’s executive committee has drafted a resolu- sides on the issue, but that most, including LGBT immigrant youth that were able to documented young people around the tion “that would remove the restriction denying most church-based groups, advocated for the get him out. country began to organize against depor- membership to youth on the basis of sexual ori- change. Vera, 25, has lived in Chicago most of tations, by creative, aggressive and tech- entation alone and would maintain the current “Many of our faith-based charters have differ- his life, and in March found himself inside nologically savvy campaigns for individual membership policy for all adult leaders of the ent policies than ours,” said Hale. “They’re more a detention center just outside of Wood- cases. Boy Scouts of America,” a BSA statement said. inclusive than ours.” stock, Ill. He was in detention because, Nationally, Prerna Lal and Mohammad The resolution still needs to be approved at NEIC is one of about 280 councils nationwide. on what he thought was his first day of Abdolahi, two LGBT undocumented youth, BSA’s national meeting next month. NEIC will not weigh in on whether BSA should work, the human resource person at a lo- co-founded DreamActivist, a national or- However, LGBT leaders criticized the proposal allow individual charters to create their own cal factory was actually setting him up to ganization arguably running some of the be turned over to the police department, most successful campaigns against de- as falling short. policies around gay scouts, Hale said. Rather, for allegedly using false documents. When portations of hundreds of individuals. In “It is good news that BSA leadership is open the council will advocate for the removal of the the police suspected he was also an un- Chicago, we had our own version with the national rule against gay scouting. to ending the ban on gay Scouts, but this reso- documented immigrant, he was placed in organization co-founded by local queer lution must go further,” said Human Rights Cam- The BSA Chicago Area Council did not specifi- immigration detention and in deportation organizer Reyna Wences, an undocu- paign President Chad Griffin, in a statement. cally address its stance on the ban in a state- proceedings. mented ally Rigo Padilla, and myself. The “Parents and adults of good moral character, ment released to Windy City Times. Vera’s case is not unique. Going by last Immigrant Youth Justice League (IYJL) regardless of sexual orientation, should be able “Our council’s focus will remain on creating year’s numbers, President Obama’s admin- was created precisely out of the need to to volunteer their time to mentor the next gen- an environment where people who may disagree istration deports more than 1,100 people stop Padilla’s deportation, and has since eration of Americans. What message does this on a variety of topics can still work together to every day, for a total, record-breaking helped get dozens of undocumented peo- resolution send to the gay Eagle Scout who, as achieve life-changing benefits to youth through 409,000 according to the Department of ple out of detention. an adult, wants to continue a lifetime of scout- the scouting program,” the group said. Homeland Security (DHS). The strategies that have stopped these ing by becoming a troop leader?” The scouts’ ban on gay members has embroiled According to the President’s own poli- deportations here in Illinois and around Rich Ferraro, vice president of communica- the national organization in controversy in re- the country are based on tions at GLAAD, said in a statement that BSA cent months, as the group announced earlier the idea that it makes a had failed its stakeholders who support an end this year it was considering ending the ban, but difference when people tell their own stories, it to discrimination. then declined to make an immediate decision. “And although each one of us matters when people are “By refusing to consider an end to its ban on BSA is expected to vote on the resolution at out, and it matters when its national meeting in May. holds the decisions we make gay and lesbian parents, the Boy Scouts have communities listen and missed an opportunity to exercise leadership According to the Scouting Magazine blog, the each day, for undocumented respond. Once individu- and usher the organization back to relevancy,” BSA resolution is as follows: als and their families de- Ferraro said. “We’re living in a culture where, “Youth membership in the Boy Scouts of immigrants, the consequences cide to make their case until every young person and parent have the America is open to all youth who meet the spe- are systematically and legally public, and come out as same opportunity to serve, the Boy Scouts will cific membership requirements to join the Cub people facing deporta- continue to see a decline in both membership Scout, Boy Scout, Varsity Scout, Sea Scout, and disproportional from the action. ” tion, community mem- and donations.” Venturing programs. Membership in any program bers mobilize to bring Jennifer Tyrrell, an Ohio mom who was forced of the Boy Scouts of America requires the youth attention to the case out of her son’s troop because of her sexual member to (a) subscribe to and abide by the val- from the media, legisla- orientation, said the proposal continued to ues expressed in the Scout Oath and Scout Law, cies, the people placed in deportation are tors, and DHS. send the message that her family is not good (b) subscribe to and abide by the precepts of the only those who fall within the set priori- For Vera’s case, advocates were able ties. As outlined by DHS, the three top to get the support of federal elected of- enough. Declaration of Religious Principle (duty to God), priority categories are: “criminal aliens,” ficials and community organizations, sent “My heart goes out to the young adults in and (c) demonstrate behavior that exemplifies “egregious immigration violators,” and more than 800 emails to immigration, and the highest level of good conduct and respect Scouting who would be able to continue as “recent border crossers.” By keeping peo- made dozens of calls asking for his release for others and is consistent at all times with the scouts if this is passed, but then be thrown out ple who fall within these out of the coun- from detention. when they reach the age to become leaders,” values expressed in the Scout Oath and Scout try, we are supposed to be both safe and Although there is no guarantee, each she said in a statement. Law. No youth may be denied membership in the content with the knowledge that ‘good’ time we have learned that when DHS Zach Wahls, the founder of Scouts for Equal- Boy Scouts of America on the basis of sexual people are not being deported. knows that the public is paying attention, ity and a son of lesbian moms, expressed mixed orientation or preference alone.” Yet in immigrant communities, the sto- and there is public pressure, they cave. feelings on the proposal in a media statement. ries of family separation are heard every And even if it is because they just don’t “For families like mine, the BSA’s ban on gay NCLR sees good, bad day, and their stories are much more com- want to look bad, these campaigns result leaders will continue to prevent many great and plicated than the categories allow. in people getting out of detention and in loving parents from sharing the joys of Scouting in immigration proposal For example, a “criminal alien” could their deportations being stopped. with their children,” Wahls said. “But today, this National Center for Lesbian Rights Executive be someone with one Driving Under the As there are national conversations is about the kids, and we are glad that the Boy Director Kate Kendell issued a statement saying Influence charge, a solicitation charge, or about immigration reform, we have yet Scouts of America is taking this historic step that a senatorial proposal for comprehensive im- three misdemeanors of any kind. An “im- to deal with the question of what hap- migration violator” is someone who has pens with the people who will continue to forward.” migration reform legislation falls short in some been deported in the past and come back, be deported. The Obama administration The April 19 announcement comes alongside areas, according to a press release. While praising the attempt to repair “our bro- for example, to be with their children; or promises that the numbers will remain in news that the BSA Northeast Illinois Council anyone who has been stopped by immi- the hundreds of thousands. (NEIC) told its members that it will support a ken immigration system,” Kendell added, “It is unacceptable that low-income immigrants and gration enforcement at the border. For me, it is in this context that fight- change in the policy, confirmed Mike Hale, the I have heard each of these stories in ing these public cases becomes that much families will be barred from accessing the ben- council’s scout executive. the span of a month. And although each more relevant. You see, although we are efits of the [Affordable Care Act], Medicaid, and The NEIC proposal recommends removing one of us holds the decisions we make only stopping that one deportation, we CHIP for 10 years.” She added, “While we are language that bans openly gay members and each day, for undocumented immigrants, are creating strong communities that un- extremely troubled that the current bill excludes replacing it with an anti-discrimination state- the consequences are systematically and derstand that we must come out in order UAFA principles, we remain confident that we ment. legally disproportional from the action. to break down the myths and distortions. will be able to add protections for same-sex bi- “While recognizing the rights of our chartered I wonder how many of my readers, for If you are undocumented, or in deporta- national couples to the final version of the bill.” organizations to determine the leadership and example, have not driven home after a tion proceedings, come out. If you are membership of their units in accordance with night of drinking out at the bar, or taken not, this is your turn to listen, and take the lawful principles of those chartered organi- actions that are technically against the action. zations, it is the policy of the BSA as an organi- zation not to discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, religious affiliation, national Tania Unzueta is co-founder of IYJL and an organizer at the National Day Laborer origin, ethnicity, disability, sex, gender, sexual Organizing Network. Follow her on twitter at @_LaTania. orientation, marital status, socio-economic sta- tus, or political affiliation,” the proposal reads. WINDY CITY TIMES April 24, 2013 5

vidual episode) and Oprah’s Next Chapter (for New Zealand passes outstanding talk-show episode). In addition, marriage equality singer Kelly Rowland performed. Hundreds of gay-rights advocates celebrat- ed at New Zealand’s Parliament April 17 as the country become the 13th in the world— Pro-LGBT and the first in the Asia-Pacific region—to group attends legalize same-sex marriage, according to the Washington Post. naturalization event Members of Uniting America (UA) were Legislators approved the measure 77-44 on among those who attended an April 17 citi- its third and final reading. Bill sponsor Louisa zenship naturalization ceremony with Chica- Wall said, “In our society, the meaning of marriage is universal—it’s a declaration of go Mayor Rahm Emanuel. love and commitment to a special person,” The event took place at the Harold Wash- adding that “nothing could make me more ington Library. Among those who spoke were proud to be a New Zealander than passing Emanuel and Brian Bannon, the openly gay this bill.” commissioner of the Chicago Public Library. Since 2005, New Zealand has allowed civil Uniting America (UA) is a project of the unions, which bestow many legal rights upon Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee same-sex couples. However, the new law Rights. A UA fellow is placed in the Lambda will allow gay and lesbian couples to jointly Legal Midwest Region Office in Chicago to adopt children and will allow their marriages help connect the LGBT community with the to be recognized in other countries. The law immigrant community. will take effect in late August. If members of the LGBTQ community would like to get involved, contact UA Fellow Luis Roman at [email protected] or contact the GLAAD honors Lambda Legal office at 312-663-4413. Photo Bill Clinton courtesy of Roman Students perform at Night of Noise. Photo by Jamie Anne Royce. See more photos online at Harvey Weinstein and Jennifer Lawrence www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Night-of-Noise-celebrates-youth-activism-to-combat- presented former President Bill Clinton with bullying/42466.html the Advocate for Change Award at the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, held April 20 in Los Angeles, according to a press release. A video of Clinton accepting the award and In Loop, students make speaking against the Defense of Marriage Act is at www.glaad.org/blog/video-presi- dent-bill-clinton-speaks-out-against-doma- noise about bullying glaadawards. By Jamie Anne Royce working on individual projects in their school The film The Perks of Being a Wallflower districts, like anti-bullying training for faculty and the NBC series The New Normal were Chicago-area LGBT youth and their supporters and staff or instituting a GSA student group. among the honorees in 10 of the 33 media gathered at Thompson Center Plaza April 19 for “Night of Noise brings youth together to cel- categories. Among other recipients were the Night of Noise to commemorate Day of Silence. ebrate all the work they did for Day of Silence,” Fox show Raising Hope (for outstanding indi- Every year, thousands of students take a vow said Shannon Sullivan, executive director of Il- of silence to call attention to the silencing ef- linois Safe Schools Alliance. “It says a lot about fect of anti-LGBT bullying and harassment in young people making things better right now schools. Locally coordinated by the Illinois Safe and not waiting for things to get better.” Schools Alliance—an advocacy group promot- This year, the Legacy Project (http://legacy- midtown.com/chicago ing safety, support and healthy development projectchicago.org) teamed with the Alliance for LGBT students—Night of Noise serves as the and youth organizers to supply educators with culminating event to celebrate breaking that si- LGBT history teaching materials, to combat anti- lence. gay bullying by directly confronting the igno- Following a youth speakout, organizers passed rance that makes it possible. out petitions supporting advocacy for transgen- “I haven’t been personally harassed, but I der and gender-nonconforming youth in Chicago know people who have. I’ve been bullied not for public schools. The event also featured youth my sexual orientation but for other things,” said performances by the Lyons Township Steppers, Katya Mazon, a youth committee member of the spoken word by Daniel Hale Williams, drag per- Illinois Safe Schools Alliance. “If I can prevent formances by Leila Deluxe, and music by An- others from feeling the way I’ve felt, I want to nabelle Daily and Kata Bel Air. A dance party do that.” closed Night of Noise. LGBT youth of color also had a significant Youth organizers touted ally support as one of presence in organizing and attending the Night the most powerful aspects of Day of Silence, cit- of Noise, which youth leaders attributed to the ing that many of the students who remain silent intersecting oppressions of race and sexual ori- that day are not themselves LGBT people. entation. “Once I came out, I didn’t know a lot of people “Sometimes the harassment hits the youth of like me. I didn’t feel a lot of harassment, but I color the hardest,” said Mazon. didn’t want other people to feel harassment,” “If you’re a minority, you know what it’s like said Joel Deleon, a youth committee member to be different from everyone else you see like of the Illinois Safe Schools Alliance. “Day of Si- you, and the LGBT community feels that too,” lence makes people realize that there are a lot said Deleon. of students who support the LGBT community.” See www.illinoissafeschools.org. Many youth participating in the event are

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By Carrie Maxwell Other studies showed that victimization, gen- der non-conformity and social policies that are The American Foundation for Suicide Preven- unsupportive increase risk for suicide among tion (AFSP) hosted an LGBT suicide-prevention LGBT youth, according to Mustanski. The priori- symposium at Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s ties for reducing suicide risk among LGBT youth (NMH’s) Feinberg School of Medicine April 20. is lessening victimization and increasing support About 100 people gathered to hear leaders in for LGBT youth, supporting healthy romantic re- the field of mental health and the LGBT commu- lationships and improving social acceptance and nity present information on suicide prevention supportive social policies, noted Mustanski. and survivor support within the LGBT commu- Brother Michael Oboza—Orthodox Catholic nity. Eastern Rite monastic, founder of Bisexual Queer Mike McRaith, director of the Federal Insur- Alliance Chicago and the first bisexual liaison ance Office (FIO) of the U.S. and AFSP board to the Center on Halsted—spoke about bisexual member, gave the opening address. As director equality and suicide prevention. Many people Standing (from left): Lashawnda Carter and Brighid O’Shaughnessy; sitting (from left): Lara of the FIO, McRaith is responsible for monitor- don’t understand or won’t accept that bisexuals Brooks and Britta Larson. Photo by Carrie Maxwell ing all aspects of the insurance sector as well as exist within and outside of the LGBT community, coordinating federal efforts and developing fed- noted Oboza. Studies show that bisexuals strug- eral policy on international insurance matters. gle at a higher percentage than their gay, les- L. Bennett, regional director of Lambda Legal; “Community Resources” was the subject of the He also serves as an advisor to the Secretary bian and straight counterparts, Oboza remarked. Lori Fox of Out and Equal; Illinois State Rep. Kel- final panel for the day. Krista Walker of Youth of the Treasury on domestic and international Then Oboza talked about his suicide attempt ly Cassidy (D-14th); and Steve Moore, legislative Outlook; Lawrence Carter, Illinois Safe Schools insurance issues. at the age of 31. He also shared the stories of advocacy committee chairperson of the AFSP. Alliance GSA network coordinator; and Simon McRaith praised the work that the AFSP does four bisexual individuals (Bill Clayton, August Representing the perspective of the “Media” Chavez, AFSP LGBT Outreach Committee co- and shared that he is a survivor of loss by sui- Provost, Anthony Stubbs and Kitty McGuire) who were panelists Matthew Breen, editor-in-chief of chairperson were the featured speakers. cide. McRaith explained that his boyfriend of committed suicide. As Oboza told their stories, the Advocate Magazine; Tracy Baim, publisher See www.afsp.org/local-chapters/find-your- two years, Eric Myers, committed suicide in the he held up their picture and then ripped the pic- and executive editor at Windy City Media Group; local-chapter/illinois for more information. summer of 1996. To cope with the loss, McRaith ture in half, symbolizing their deaths. and Adrienne Williams, bisexual writer and from Note: More details on some of the panels will saw a therapist, however, the pain of Myers’ sui- In his remarks Dr. Al Estock, survivor of loss the AFSP Media Watchers Group. be reported in upcoming editions of WCT. cide hasn’t left him, McRaith noted. After Myers’ by suicide and Out of the Darkness Chicagoland suicide McRaith said he received a lot of sup- Community Walk participant, shared that he has port from family members and friends. “What’s known multiple people who have died by suicide City LGBT/women’s council still unformed more important than you not being alone [as a including his partner Warren Merz in 2008. Es- and LGBT, Mayor Emanuel’s senior staff and survivor of loss by suicide] is that we are in this tock noted that Merz was reluctant to seek help BY KATE SOSIN department heads reflect the diversity of the together,” said McRaith. due to the stigma associated with mental issues city, with high-ranking LGBT Chicagoans in the Then Dr. Brian Mustanski, AFSP grant recipi- and suicidal thoughts. “Prior to and following After more than a year of silence on the forma- Mayor’s Office and every department,” Rodriguez ent and director of Northwestern’s IMPACT Cen- Warren’s death, I lived my life with my own ig- tion of an advisory council budgeted by the city wrote. “All parts of government continue to ter, spoke about the IMPACT program and then norance about suicide and mental health chal- to address LGBT and women’s issues, some have actively coordinate with the LGBT community, shared the results of various LGBT suicide pre- lenges ... I am still trying to educate myself,” begun to suspect that council will be cut. How- and will continue to do so until this position is vention research studies. In his presentation, said Estock. He shared that he too thought about ever, city officials say they are working to the filled.” Mustanski said that suicide completion is the committing suicide following Merz’s death. fill the council. Pressed further on whether the full council third leading cause of death for adolescents and Presenting people who commit suicide in The Advisory Council on LGBT/ Women’s Issues would be appointed, Rodriguez said the city is young adults adding that LGBT youth are one a negative light results in preventing people is the last council to start meeting after the “actively working on filling it.” population that has a greater risk for suicide most at risk from seeking help or communicat- 2012 city budget dramatically reduced the city’s Ald. Joe Moore, chairman of the Chicago Coun- completion. ing their thoughts and plans, Estock remarked. identity-based councils from eight to just three. cil on Human Relations, said that he has yet to One study, Mustanski explained, showed that Estock shared that the way to change people’s Before 2012, Chicago had the Advisory Council receive appointments for the council from the mental and addictive disorders, hopelessness attitudes is to talk openly about suicide and on LGBT Issues and a mayoral liaison who direct- mayor’s office. and early puberty are factors that increase the educate people about suicide using anti-stigma ed the council. That council oversaw the city’s Asked if he knew if the council would be risk of suicide among LGBT youth. “Some stud- messages, anti-stigma training and anti-stigma Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame each year (the Hall formed, he said, “Well, it’s part of the budget.” ies have linked younger age at ‘coming out’ and lobbying campaigns. of Fame now exists as a separate entity). Moore said he would be following up with the being more ‘out’ to family and community to The day also featured a number of panel dis- When the councils were reduced in 2012, the mayor’s office on the timeline of appointments. increased suicidal attempts while others have cussions. The “Throughout Life” panel speakers LGBT council was replaced by a joint LGBT and The 2011 dissolution of the city’s volunteer found the opposite effect,” said Mustanski. were Brighid O’Shaughnessy, founder and execu- women’s council, and members of both groups tive artistic director of Erasing the Distance; were dismissed in favor of new appointments. Advisory Council on LGBT Issues was strongly Britta Larson, senior services director for the But after two budgets and more than a year opposed by longtime LGBT activists. The Council without the council, some have begun to ques- on Veteran’s Issues was not dissolved in that Wed., April 24 Center on Halsted’s SAGE program; Lara Brooks, director of Howard Brown Health Center’s Broad- tion if the council will return at all. budget and continued to meet. The councils on 7:30 p.m. way Youth Center; and Lashawnda Carter, out- Eve Rodriguez, assistant press secretary to African, Arab, Asian, Immigrant and Refugee Aleksandar Hemon reach coordinator of the National Runaway Safe- Mayor Emanuel, said in a statement to Windy and Latino Issues were dissolved and replaced line. City Times that the council will be convened. with one “Equity” council. The Book of Speakers for the “Law” panel included James “Regarding the Advisory Council on Women The Equity council is in its third month in op- My Lives eration. That council is headed by Arnold Ro- meo, who previously directed the African coun- cil. Wed., May 8 Chicago’s Dedicated and It’s still early, said Romeo, but so far, his com- Carol Horton Comprehensive LGBT Program bined council is working fine. Yoga Ph.D. ALEO “The thing about the Equity council is that it VAT CHICAGO LAKESHORE HOSPITAL Valeo at Chicago Lakeshore Hospital brings four communities with issues that have provides comprehensive psychiatric had a disparate impact, it brings those commu- and addiction-related treatment for nities together,” said Romeo. gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender Rodriguez previously told Windy City Times 5233 N. Clark and questioning (LGBTQ) individuals. that the appointments would likely follow the (773) 769-9299 The program offers a safe, affirming therapeutic environment for members hiring of the director position, budgeted at of the LGBTQ community. The Valeo $86,796. The city, however, has not announced a staff is comprised of well-trained, hire. Before the change in councils, Bill Greaves experienced gay and gay-sensitive was head of the LGBT area, but he lost his job as behavioral health professionals from part of these changes. a wide variety of disciplines. 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When she rejoined “I was interested in the position,” she re- women-owned business, so it was in that atmo- Mayer Brown in September 2005, it would be as counted, “because of the challenges of the city “part of my DNA.” sphere that we went in to right the ship.” partner. of Chicago in our area faces, whether its gangs, She continued, “I also believe that its impor- The Associated Press reported in 2005 that Where the city had once employed Lightfoot guns, homicide, or the area of white collar crime tant for those who’ve had good fortune in our Duff “had pleaded guilty to racketeering, mail to investigate allegations of police misconduct, or other issues that fell into federal jurisdiction. lives to reach out to those folks who have been fraud, money laundering and other offenses that it would call upon her in the private sector to The position had a tremendous opportunity to less fortunate, or who maybe need a hand up, victimized programs designed to ensure that defend the department, notably in 2006 when really, fundamentally impact the quality of life and in public service, you can do tremendous companies operated by women and minorities four men alleged they had been beaten outside for the citizens of this district for years to come, amounts of good for people.” get a share of city contracts. He admitted land- a bar by off-duty cops. The Chicago Tribune not- so it was something that excited me to have an Although Massillon shaped Lightfoot’s ethics, ing $120 million in such contracts by claiming ed, “The department was cleared, but four of the opportunity to be considered for that position.” and no doubt its football fever helped the Uni- that his 76-year-old mother and a Black friend six officers were found to be at fault.” In an unusual move, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin versity of Chicago Law School student/quarter- were running companies that he controlled.” He More recently, Lightfoot was brought in last (D-Ill.) sent four nominees, all employees at back lead her intramural team to an undefeated was sentenced to 9-years and 10 months, and December by Mayor Rahm Emmanuel to head high-profile law firms, for review and ultimate and even unscored upon season, there were ordered to pay over $22 million. counsel for the long-delayed Christina Eilman nomination by the White House, telling the Chi- some things small-town life did not prepare her The ideal behind M/WBE, according to Light- case, in which a bipolar woman pleaded for help cago Tribune, “These are all four quality people.” for. “Let’s just say I fully embraced who I am foot, “ is to help create business opportunities while in police custody (Wentworth District), as Lightfoot joined Jonathan Bunge, Zach Fardon, when I was in college,” she said. for disadvantaged businesses, by that, mean- did her parents in California via repeated tele- and Gil Soffer on Durbin’s short list. “My parents have always been very supportive, ing that are owned by women, people of color, phone calls to the precinct, was called a “white Though she was no stranger to the Beltway, and my siblings have, as well,” Lightfoot said, people who have disabilities, veterans, for the bitch” by black officers, was released from police Lightfoot admitted, “Coming from where I came regarding her sexuality. “But by that time, I purpose of trying to give them the opportunity custody near the Robert Taylor Homes, was sub- from, which is a pretty humble background, be- felt like I was [an] adult. [Still,] this was in the to be a part of the thriving economic culture of sequently raped by a gang member who report- ing interviewed by U.S. Senators, being inter- ‘80’s, so it was still a scary time, there weren’t whatever community it is.” edly boasted, “I’m gonna show this bitch who viewed by folks at the White House, is a pretty many public role models—certainly none that I Lightfoot recalled that at the time “there were the real killa is,” and was either pushed or fell humbling and honorable experience.” grew up with in my town in Ohio—so I think like a lot of questions and challenges to the viability out of seven-story window. Though she survived, Unfortunately, word came from Washington in every kid who is embracing who they are, you of the program, both on the certification, but she is permanently disabled, both mentally and March that Lightfoot was no longer in the run- worry about how you’ll be perceived, whether also concerned that there were entities being physically. The case was set to go to trial Jan. ning, though she says she was “honored to have you’ll be accepted, both from your family and certified that actually weren’t women owned, or 21, but was settled weeks before, with the city been considered.” also from people that are close to you, but I’ve minority owned, or disadvantaged businesses, awarding Eilman’s family $22.5 million which Looking forward, Lightfoot said, “I’ll continue been very fortunate in that regard.” and then on the back end, making sure that if will go toward her lifelong care. to do what I’ve done the rest of my career, which After graduating from the University of Mich- a contractor committed to participation by one Lightfoot made no comment to the media is serve my clients and serve my community. I’m igan in 1984 with a B.A. in Political Science, of these businesses, that the businesses actu- while she was assigned to the case, and when on a number of different boards, there’s a lot Lightfoot worked on Capitol Hill, and ultimately ally got the benefit of that bargain. So, I was asked by WCT if she was satisfied with the ver- of things that interest me, and I’ll continue to decided to forgo pursuing a PhD in history or responsible for a complete redesign of that pro- dict, responded, “Well, that’s not for me to say. pursue them.” poly sci in favor law because, she told WCT, “I gram both on the certification end, and in put- My client is satisfied. That’s what’s important.” In almost every news report about Lightfoot’s thought about it as an opportunity not only to ting in a process to safeguard the contracts that The involvement of Lightfoot in the high- nomination, it was mentioned she would have do some good, but to have something that I were met, to make sure there was compliance profile case made headlines in part because she been the first female, and the first African-Amer- could stand on my own two feet and have a de- with the contractual responsibilities that the threw her hat into the ring to be considered ican to be Chicago’s chief federal prosecutor. It cent belief in myself.” general contractors took on.” for the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District should be noted she would also have been the By 1989, Lightfoot had a law degree in hand, In less than a year’s time, Lightfoot, as inter- of Illinois, a post held by Patrick Fitzgerald for first lesbian. Lightfoot is currently “in a long- and her summer internship work had so im- im first deputy procurement officer, had accom- nearly 11 years, before stepping down in June term relationship with a lovely woman, and we pressed the partners at the Chicago office of have a 5-year-old daughter.” Mayer Brown—one of the 10 largest law firms When asked how she viewed herself in this in the world—they made her an offer of employ- mittee that Illinois is the only state with a label-obsessed age, she simply stated, “I view ment. For the next five years, Lightfoot earned Repeal of HIV principal-notification requirement and that myself as me. Obviously, I’m an amalgam of all her reputation as, to quote Chicago’s Law De- notification law heads the requirement makes high-risk teens much the things I am and I’m mindful of the fact that partment spokesman Roderick Drew, “a first-rate to state Senate less likely to get HIV testing and treatment.” I hit many demographic buttons. But I think of trial lawyer.” According to the statement put out by AIDS BY KATE SOSIN myself, and also as I think most people do, as a The official Mayer Brown biography cites Legal Council of Chicago, local groups have holistic person.” Lightfoot as “a trial attorney, investigator and An Illinois bill that would repeal an HIV-no- been working for years to repeal the law. When talking about the satisfaction of men- risk manager,” and recognizes that “[both] as tification law is headed for a full Senate vote The bill has already passed the House. toring young lawyers and law students, Light- a civil litigator and as Assistant US Attorney in after the bill passed committee. House sponsors included openly gay Reps. foot returned to this point, saying, “I recognize the Criminal Division of the US Attorney’s Of- HB61 would remove a longstanding man- Greg Harris, Kelly Cassidy and Deb Mell. that I serve as a role model for a wide variety fice, Northern District of Illinois (1996–2002), date that health officials notify school prin- of people. That’s very satisfying. And obviously Lori has tried over 20 federal and state jury and cipals about HIV-positive students. State law that status comes with a lot of responsibility, as bench trials.” The cases Lightfoot were tasked Gerber/Hart sets currently allows a principal can share a stu- well, and I fully embrace it.” with ran the gamut from prosecuting a serial dent’s HIV-positive status with other teachers move-in date The passion in Lightfoot’s voice noticeably arsonist, a murderer, and even an alderman, BY KATE SOSIN and staff. HB61 would make that notification alights when discussing the very young, from one Virgil Jones, implicated in the Silver Shovel illegal, removing HIV statuses from perma- showing “no tolerance” for bullies, to ensur- bribery and corruption scandal. Chicago’s LGBT library will move in to its new nent school records. ing that adults dealing with youth are mindful Lightfoot told WCT, “After I left the U.S. at- home this month, according to a message AIDS advocates have long held that HIV no- of warning signs, and are creating safe places torney’s office for working at [the city’s Office of sent to community members. tification laws increase stigma and discrimi- where kids can express themselves. Professional Standards (OPS), now known as the The Gerber/Hart Library and Archives is nation. “I think the challenge for us is to reach out to Independent Police Review Authority], I seemed poised to begin moving into its Rogers Park John Peller, vice president of policy for kids, in particular, who are different in whatever to have a knack for solving difficult problems space April 30, the email states. AIDS Foundation of Chicago, said that stigma way, and make sure that they feel valued,” she and I got called upon by people that recognized The library has been closed for more than in schools as a result of notification laws sin- said. “I’m sure you’re a aware of the fact that my work.” a year, after it moved from Edgewater to an gles out HIV-positive students. there is still a huge homeless population among Where the clientele at Mayer Brown included unfinished location. The move came amid ac- “We have also had situations where school gay kids. There’s still a significant suicide rate most of the Fortune 500 companies, at OPS, as cusations that the library’s board of directors staff have treated students differently be- among our youth, and its important they can she had at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Lightfoot had shut out community participation. For- cause they have HIV,” Peller said. see their future beyond whatever their immedi- would be looking out for the interests of the mer President Karen Sendziak stepped down Peller argued that even when the law was ate circumstances are.” 99 percent, leading her 100-person office into during that controversy but remains on the enacted more than two decades ago, students Lori Lightfoot grew up in a small town during investigations of misconduct alleged against the board. were not at risk of contracting HIV in schools. a time when there were no lesbian role models, Chicago Police. In a 2009 interview, Lightfoot Board development has since been a prior- A fact sheet put out by AFC further states that yet a generation later has been invited back to stated the greatest challenge of that unenvi- ity for the library. fear of having an HIV-status shared can deter be honored as a distinguished citizen. able task was “walking a difficult line between LGBT leaders, including historians and for- young people from getting tested. “I’m happy that we live in a time where there maintaining the integrity of the department and mer board members, have been anxious to see AIDS advocates applauded the bill’s pas- are so many opportunities opening up for people handling complaints against it.” the library reopen after more than a year. The sage out of committee. They said that the like me,” she told WCT. “We can never forget the Lightfoot confided to WCT, “I worked for very reopening date has repeatedly been pushed repeal of the law brings Illinois into line with struggles, particularly as a woman of color, as good people, and it was a very interesting and back while the build-out is completed. the rest of the country. a lesbian, I never forget that. I know there are challenging time, an exciting time to be in the The library oversees a large archival collec- “We are so pleased that this bill again re- going to be people out there who only see that, city, and I’ve never shirked from a challenge.” tion as well as thousands of books. ceived bi-partisan support in the Senate com- and only see it in a negative way. I’m heartened Some of those challenges during Lightfoot’s At a February community meeting, head li- mittee,” said Ann Fisher, executive director by the fact that we are living in a time in this three-year tenure with Chicago included the brarian Steph Potter said the reopening after of AIDS Legal Council of Chicago, in a state- country where we’re seeing that people who are Herculean “total redesign” of the Department the move will depend on volunteer support. ment. “Iris Martinez, the Senate sponsor, did gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, have more of Procurement Services’ minority and women The library will employ Carney McNicholas, a great job in response to sometimes hostile of an opportunity to live their lives without re- owned enterprise (M/WBE) certification program an Ohio-based moving company that special- questioning, repeatedly reminding the com- striction, without being judged negatively, and in the wake of a federal investigation. izes in library relocations. that’s inspiring.” “You may recall,” she said, “but we went in at WINDY CITY TIMES April 24, 2013 9 Br. Michael C. Oboza has admitted he waged a long internal battle to figure out “how straight or gay” he assumed he had to be. GAY in the Instead, he’s bisexual—and he works daily with others identified by the “B” in the LGBT commu- LIFE nity. “I knew I had butterflies for two classmates Br. Michael C. Oboza from kindergarten to seventh-grade at the same Text AND PHOTOS by Ross Forman time. That’s eight years. [Being bisexual is] not a phase. And it took exploring being gay and straight for over 30 years to accept my butterflies; my bisexual birthright is real and exists,” he said. Oboza said the best part of his job is “meeting other out and closeted bisexuals” on a daily basis. The worst part is, “knowing bisexuals who have attempted or committed suicide from biphobia.” Oboza is an Orthodox Catholic Eastern Rite mo- nastic. He has received accolades from The Love Foundation, Inc., and the Southern Poverty Law Center for his dedication to confronting bipho- bia while organizing bisexual programming at the Center on Halsted in Lakeview. He also was a key member of the community working to organize and host “Celebrate Bisexuality Day” at the Center in 2010 and 2011. Oboza secured the City of Chicago Commission Age on Human Relations Advisory Council on LGBT Is- 37 sues’ endorsement of San Francisco’s “Bisexual In- Relationship status visibility: Impacts and Recommendations” report, “Single and looking” receiving 2011 the Michael Page Award from the Marin Foundation for his efforts. Job title He founded the Bisexual Queer Alliance Chicago Bisexual radical activist monk and (BQAC) in 2010, and has been integral confront- president of Bisexual Queer Alliance ing homophobia in churches regarding same-sex Chicago blessings, and was the first open bisexual selec- Hobbies tion and host committee for the Legacy Project Singing, dating and learning Chicago. He also is the senior editor for Our Fence, a Favorite movie Chicago-based bisexual newsletter. Kinsey “I have a pure heart. The most difficult part Little-known fact is feeling of not doing enough for the bisexual “I am religious, spiritual, atheist community,” Oboza said. “Being bi is all about and agnostic. I am a little bit of my work. That’s the awesome part. I am bisexual everything.” and don’t have to closet myself regarding my life’s work with Bisexual Queer Alliance Chicago.”

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Toyota and Scion are registered trademarks of Toyota/Scion, LLC. Offers expire 4/30/13. 10 April 24, 2013 WINDY CITY TIMES VIEWPOINTS WINDY CITY TIMES Dilbeck and many others here tonight, became remarkable organization however has turned my extended family. earlier anger and bitterness to a more positive VOL. 28, No. 29, April 24, 2013 ROBERT H. The combined forces of Windy City Times, You see, 34 years ago—in our much younger beacon for hope and change. For while we are on founded Sept. 1985, and Outlines newspaper, NEUBERT days—my partner Barry and I were living in New the cusp of an AIDS-free generation, every day founded May 1987. York pursuing theatrical careers. 1,000 children are newly infected with HIV. These were also the earliest days of AIDS—so The U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimates PUBLISHER & EXECUTIVE EDITOR early, in fact, that many doctors had little to no that there are more than 1 million people living Tracy Baim knowledge of what they struggled to diagnose. with HIV in the United States alone, and that ASSISTANT PUBLISHER Terri Klinsky Painfully, more than a few doctors understood one in every five is not even aware that they MANAGING EDITOR Andrew Davis AIDS remembered quite well, but refused to administer patient carry an infection. Someone in the U.S. is newly BUSINESS MANAGER Ripley Caine care. infected every 10 minutes. DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA Jean Albright ART DIRECTOR Kirk Williamson The following is the speech given by Robert H. Other, more compassionate doctors consulted Gratefully, I stopped losing personal friends ASSISTANT EDITOR Kate Sosin Neubert, director of catering sales at Hilton Chi- with specialists but ultimately made surrendered more than 20 years ago, but to the more than 34 SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS: Terri Klinsky, Amy cago, in accepting the AIDS Foundation of Chi- referrals on behalf of their dying patients. million adults and children living with HIV and Matheny, Kirk Williamson, Chris Cheuvront As time went on, I sadly lost friends, neigh- AIDS globally, the numbers are very different. PROMOTIONAL SUPPORT Scott Duff cago Lori Kaufman Volunteer Award at the 2013 NATIONAL SALES Rivendell Media, 212-242-6863 AFC gala April 18. bors, colleagues and even a few employers— Less than half of those eligible for life-saving SENIOR WRITERS Bob Roehr, Rex Wockner, Marie because in those days, diagnosis was a death treatment ever receive it. J. Kuda, David Byrne, Tony Peregrin, Lisa Keen, So what do you get when you cross an interior sentence. So while I am very, very grateful to all of you Yasmin Nair, Erica Demarest In 1981, I got to speak with seven-time Tony for this inspiring honor and recognition, to- THEATER EDITOR Scott C. Morgan designer with a Broadway producer? For me, it CINEMA WRITER Richard Knight, Jr. was my introduction to this life-changing orga- Award-winning choreographer-director Michael night’s award is not for me, but is instead ac- BOOKS WRITER Yasmin Nair nization. Bennett, as a guest at his opening night cast cepted on behalf of those whose voice has been SPORTS WRITER Ross Forman I first met Broadway producer Mary Lu Roffe party for Dreamgirls. In 1987, Michael Bennett silenced. It is accepted on behalf of those who ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS was gone at age 44. On the night of his death, will never receive the benefit of live-saving Mary Shen Barnidge, Steve Warren, Lawrence Fer- and interior designer John Ansehl about 15 ber, Mel Ferrand, Jerry Nunn, Jonathan Abarbanel years ago. This dynamic duo came to me as co- the cast of A Chorus Line in performing the treatment. COLUMNISTS/WRITERS: Yvonne Zipter, Jorjet chairs for an upcoming Not Just Song & Dance show’s final number “One Singular Sensation” But it is also accepted with optimistic hope for Harper, Meghan Streit, Charlsie Dewey, Carrie gala benefiting the AIDS Foundation of Chicago. changed a simple pronoun from “She” to “He’s millions worldwide and it is especially accepted Maxwell, Billy Masters, Sarah Toce, Dana Rudolph, … the one.” Broadway was forever changed. with triumphant thanks for our many friends Sally Parsons, Melissa Wasserman, Jamie Anne Being in the party booking business, I of course Royce, Matthew C. Clark, Joe Franco jumped at the chance to sign a contract with a One of my frequent diners back in my early who survived the fight and remain with us today. SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHERS Mel Ferrand, Hal Baim, new client. Well, our deal got done, and in time, Manhattan restaurant years was the high-living, Volunteering is easy. Writing checks is easy. Emmanuel Garcia, Tim Carroll, Ed Negron, Susan planning was underway. often despised and yes, bigger than life Roy Being a part of World of Chocolate, of Dance for Mattes Now, working in the events world, I come in Cohn, whose prominence, personal celebrity Life, of doing the AIDS Run & Walk, these are all CIRCULATION and political influence is now forever captured easy. But we still need help. CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Jean Albright daily contact with many worthwhile charities DISTRIBUTION: Ashina, Allan, Dan, John, Renee, and philanthropic organizations. as the AIDS-afflicted attorney in Tony Kushner’s We can and we will, beat this disease. Sue and Victor However in working with the AIDS Foundation, Pulitzer Prize-winning play Angels in America. On behalf of my fellow board members, our WEB HOSTING: LoveYourWebsite.com (lead pro- I soon came to realize that this particular orga- In 1986, Roy Cohn was gone as well. In spite of President and CEO David Munar, our tireless, grammer: Martie Marro) nization had a very personal connection calling fame, wealth and even great power, AIDS took passionate staff and our thousands of dedicat- out to me. My early role as their event business its prisoners. ed volunteers at AFC—and yes, for those who Copyright 2013 Lambda Publications Inc./Windy City Media partner quickly evolved to include service as a Decades later what started for me as a per- depend on our efforts to survive—I ask you to Group; All rights reserved. Reprint by permission only. Back issues (if available) for $5 per issue (postage included). volunteer, and before long, as a board member. sonal fight in remembrance of lost friends, con- please … help us change the story. Return postage must accompany all manuscripts, drawings, David Munar, Mark Ishaug, Casey Klarich, Mike tinues on today as a worldwide epidemic. This and photographs submitted if they are to be returned, and no responsibility may be assumed for unsolicited materials. All rights to letters, art and photographs sent to Windy City Times will be treated as unconditionally assigned for publication purposes and as such, subject to editing marathon bombing. When we explained that we compared with much Massachusetts geography, and comment. The opinions expressed by the columnists, didn’t know why people did the bombing, he but it comes late in the race, when exhaustion cartoonists, letter writers, and commentators are their own DANA and do not necessarily reflect the position ofWindy City said, “Just like that shooting in Connecticut.” has begun to set in, and has ended the dreams Times. Publication of the name, photograph, or likeness of RUDOLPH I don’t want my son growing up fearing that kind of many runners. a person or organization in articles or advertising in Windy City Times is not to be construed as any indication of the of random violence—and yet I remind myself I think our country may have reached its own sexual orientation of such person or organization. While that bombings and gun violence are common for “Heartbreak Hill” when it comes to violence. We we encourage readers to support the advertisers who make many children, in war-torn countries around the have become so daunted by it that some, like this newspaper possible, Windy City Times cannot accept responsibility for advertising claims. world and in parts of our own country. the Senate, cannot find it within themselves to (773) 871-7610 FAX (773) 871-7609 Even as we heal from the events in Boston, finish the race. e-mail: [email protected] or MOMBIAN therefore, I hope we as a country work towards Heartbreak Hill’s past, however, may provide a [email protected] peace and security both at home and around the glimpse of the future. The incline got its name in Finding hope world. 1936 when defending champion Johnny Kelley www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com podcast: WindyCityQueercast.com in Boston That is why I am appalled that in other news passed Tarzan Brown there, giving Brown a pat last week, the U.S. Senate rejected a bill for on the back as he went by. 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As it happened, my spouse and I had in this year’s LGBT Consumer Index it underscores just how fraught with political lead to other forms of violence and terrorism, spent the better part of Sunday, April 14, walk- Survey. Out of approximately 100 consequence it is to address violence—both both at home and around the world? ing around Copley Square in Boston, where the print and online media partners who gun violence and terrorism. How do we protect Time will tell. But I hope we have reached a race ends, noting the crowd-control barricades participated in the survey, Windy people while guaranteeing individual liberties? point where people are ready to say “Enough.” already in place for the next day. In past years, I City was the best performing regional To what extent do individual liberties extend Where we parents are tired of fearing for our have been part of the Wellesley College “scream media in the U.S. Only survey partners to owning assault weapons that can do griev- children every time we send them to school or tunnel” that cheers the runners as they pass the with a nationwide footprint were ous and widespread harm to other individuals? take them to a sporting or entertainment venue. campus. I have been grateful for the many who able to generate a greater number of How do we search for perpetrators of violence Where we will make it clear to politicians that run the marathon in support of Boston’s Dana- responses.” ­­—David Marshall, Research without making assumptions based on race, our concern for our children trumps their con- Director, Community Marketing, Inc. Farber Cancer Institute, where my father was ethnicity, class, or religion? How do we assure cern for their seat or for lobbyists’ money. treated several times. The marathon has long that their apprehension doesn’t cast a pall over It will be an uphill struggle. But if there’s one signified strength, courage, and Bay State spirit others who share those parts of their identity? lesson the Boston Marathon has taught us, it’s to me. The bombing felt like a desecration. One’s answers to those questions often define that such struggles can be overcome. My 9-year-old son is old enough to know one’s place on the political spectrum—although Dana Rudolph is the founder and publisher about the tragedy, but still young enough for my “spectrum” implies a sense of gradation that of Mombian (mombian.com), an award-win- spouse and me to skip over some of the details. seems to exists less and less in our polarized ning blog and resource directory for LGBT par- With him, I have emphasized my pride in the society. ents. way our city came together after the bombing, It feels as if our country has reached “Heart- both at the scene and during the later hunt for break Hill,” the Boston Marathon’s notoriously the suspects. What surprised me, though, was difficult ascent. The hill is not all that steep how quick he was to associate Newtown and the WINDY CITY TIMES April 24, 2013 11 GOINGS-ON WINDY CITY TIMES’ ENTERTAINMENT SECTION

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SCOTTISH PLAY SCOTT It’s Honey! Fans of Chicago cabaret favorite Honey West won’t want to miss her in her new musical, Gen- derella, which opens the Chicago Writers’ Bloc Local theater: About 2013 Festival at Next Theatre in Evanston at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 29. The festival of twelve new plays kicks off with Genderella, which fea- Face, ‘Fall’ and more tures a script by Joanne Koch and West, and a score by Ilya Levinson. West stars with actor BY SCOTT C. MORGAN Next Fall finally in Chicago John Cardone in this staged reading benefit It has taken an unconscionable long time for that also features food, drinks, raffle prizes and “Theatre is so gay!” That’s an advertising slo- the Tony Award-nominated play Next Fall to a silent auction. Admission is $20. Subsequent gan once used by About Face Theatre, Chicago’s make it to Chicago. Geoffrey Nauffts’ drama pre- staged readings of other plays are $10, with $25 preeminent company devoted to LGBTQ theater. miered off-Broadway to critical acclaim in 2009, for an 11-play festival pass (excluding Gender- It not only played on the politically incorrect and then transferred to Broadway in 2010 with ella). Visit www.writersblocfest.org for more in- put-down used by so many teenagers, but ac- Elton John and his husband David Furnish as Next Fall’s Geoffrey Nauffts. Photo courtesy formation. curately touched on the fact that there is a large leading producers, no less. of AstonRep Theatre Company lavender contingent of people working in the “I was surprised that no other Chicago the- Romeo and Juliet as lesbians theater community. This week’s column focuses aters picked it up and that it fell under the ra- suffers an accident and becomes comatose. Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy Romeo and Ju- on the plethora of LGBTQ news and productions dar,” said Derek Bertelsen, who is directing the Adam then has to confront Luke’s divorced and liet has already received a male same-sex treat- around town: Windy City debut of Next Fall for AstonRep The- estranged parents in the hospital waiting room. ment in the hit 1998 off-Broadway adaptation R atre Company. “But it’s been a blessing and I’m “There’s a quality to the play as it goes back & J. But now Romeo and Juliet become lesbians A new head for About Face so grateful to be finally able to do this play that and forth in time,” Nauffts said, drawing from in a new adaptation called Just Another Love About Face Theatre Company announced that I feel so strongly about.” his experience of writing screenplays to give a Story. This collaboration with Earth Pearl Col- Andrew Volkoff is the troupe’s new artistic di- Playwright Nauffts, who is artistic director of cinematic quality for his first full-length play. lective and Realize Theatre Group takes a spe- rector. Volkoff, an associate artistic director of the New York-based theater company Naked An- With all the attention on gay marriage, Nauffts cific look at youth bullying and youth suicide, Barrington Stage Company in Massachusetts and gels and a former writer on the TV series Broth- reveals that he’s also in the process of adapting and continues at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays Genesius Theatre Group in New York City, is set ers and Sisters, drew from his fascination with Next Fall for the screen. through May 26 at the Prop Thtr, 3502 N. Elston to succeed outgoing artistic director Bonnie religion and from his personal experiences to “My hope is that the story will continue and Ave. Tickets are $20. Visit http://justanotherlo- Metzgar this spring. write Next Fall. reach a wider audience, both gay and straight to vestory.bpt.me for more information. “In About Face, I saw an organization founded “The inspiration really was about having met take a look at some of the issues the play deals in strong LGBTQA tradition by Eric Rosen and someone and fallen in love and the person was with,” Nauffts said, happy to hear that Next Fall Beautiful Thing in Batavia Kyle Hall, strengthened under the leadership a Christian and that was the last thing I ex- is finally making it to Chicago. “Part of the rea- If you missed Pride Films and Plays recent of Bonnie Metzgar and currently positioned for pected,” said Nauffts, who adds that he wasn’t son I got into this business was to provoke and production of the British gay teenage love story expansion and change,” Volkoff said in a state- really raised in a religious home. “That was a to make people think and feel. And it wasn’t al- Beautiful Thing, you have another chance to ment. “I look forward to collaborating with AFT’s jumping off point and about three years into our ways warm and fuzzy. There were a lot of people catch it. The Albright Theatre Company pres- talented group of artistic associates as well as relationship I started to think what would hap- for whom the play was controversial—and a lot ents its production of Beautiful Thing from April other local and national artists to support and pen in our situation if, God forbid, something of gay people were pissed off because it gave 26 through May 11 at the Batavia Government amplify AFT’s mission of creating innovative terrible would happen and be a wake-up call.” voice to a gay Christian struggling to reconcile Building, 100 N. Island Ave., Batavia. Tickets are works that tell our numerous, diverse stories.” Over time, Nauffts crafted Next Fall into a his faith with his sexuality.” $13 and $10 for students and seniors, with $1 Volkoff will be publicly introduced at About memory play. It involves a gay couple named Next Fall plays from Thursday, April 25, through from each ticket being donated to The Trevor Face Theatre’s gala Wonka Ball 2013: Circus Max- Adam and Luke with stark religious differenc- Saturday, May 25, at The BoHo Theatre at Heart- Project—an organization dedicated to providing imus, at 7 p.m. Friday, April 26, at Architectural es—Luke is a devout Christian and Adam is an land Studio, 7016 N. Glenwood Ave. Tickets are support and resources to LGBTQ youth. Call 630- Artifacts, 4325 N. Ravenswood Ave. Visit www. atheist. $20 and $15 for students and seniors; call 773- 406-8838 or visit www.albrighttheatre.com. aboutfacetheatre.com. 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THEATER REVIEW and a nervous Mormon evangelist. The low-comedy potential in this premise The Whale is as immediately apparent as the ads for Playwright: Samuel D. Hunter that musical over at the Cad Palace, but don’t At: Victory Gardens Theater at the come to Victory Gardens expecting any but Biograph, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave. the most grim variety of humor. In the Gem Tickets: 773-871-3000; state, we are told, The Church of the Latter- www.victorygardens.org; $35-$50 Day Saints is an inquisitory scourge so un- Runs through: May 5 flinchingly dogmatic that even its missionar- ies must struggle to maintain their morale. BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE Teenage Ellie is no cuddly Gleedolescent, but a harpy with a surgical-sharp vocabulary that Samuel D. Hunter once confessed in an in- cuts at whatever comes near it. Then there’s terview that he “think[s] about death all Charlie himself, his physical size and immo- the time.” A survey of his plays might sug- bility—at the start of the play, his weight gest that the barely-past-30 playwright also hovers between 500 and 600 lbs.—consti- spends considerable time thinking about his tuting a deliberate affront to our society’s native Idaho and the esoteric religions pro- deepest-held values. Oh, and did I mention liferating therein, both of which appear to that the show runs for an intermissionless leave an indelible mark upon pilgrims ventur- 110 minutes? ing forth therein. Incredible as it may seem, director Joanie One of these lost souls is Charlie, an on- Schultz pulls it off. Will Allan, Cheryl Graeff, line writing teacher bent on suicide following Patricia Kane and especially Leah Karpel de- the death of his gay partner from a nervous liver intensely-focused performances as Char- breakdown leading him to waste away in mel- lie’s comforters, but it is Dale Calandra (wear- ancholic despair. Charlie’s chosen method of ing a prosthetic suit like a full-body crinoline) self-destruction, however, is to eat in quan- who—well, anchors Hunter’s densely textured tities sufficient to exacerbate such obesity- parable. He forces those who would dismiss linked maladies as high blood pressure (you Charlie’s sacrifice as unnecessary to discard could hear the collective gasp from the open- Head of Passes. Photo by Michael Brosilow their intellectual arguments until they are ing-night audience at hearing his stats) and left with no alternative but to accept the congestive heart failure. Like any dying man, course he has adopted, even as they cling he receives visitors: his late lover’s sister and unexpected with their use of music, sto- to the hope that the fate of this Jonah—or THEATER REVIEW (who also acts as his medical caregiver), his rytelling and tribal-inspired ritual. This one is Ahab, if you prefer—trapped within his own embittered ex-wife, his estranged daughter, Head of Passes simpler and far more realistic as written and per- nemesis can yet be averted. Playwright: Tarell Alvin McCraney formed, yet emphatically is a work of substance At: Steppenwolf Theatre and consequence. Especially in Act I, McCraney Company, 1650 N. Halsted St. takes joy in drawing his characters although he Tickets: 1-312-335-1650; offers neither hope nor redemption as the play www.steppenwolf.org; $20-$78 moves to a close. From left: Runs through: June 9 Tina Landau, directing with assurance and Dale understanding, has drawn the performance of a Calandra BY JONATHAN ABARBANEL lifetime from veteran Chicago actor Cheryl Lynn and Leah Bruce as Shelah. She pulls out all the stops, Karpel It’s too simple to say Head of Passes is the Book by turns warm, funny, fervent, bewildered and in The of Job minus the happy ending, although play- hopeful. The supporting ensemble is excellent Whale. wright Tarell Alvin McCraney clearly has taken and David Gallo’s scenic design sports surprises, Job as a starting point. Like Job, Shelah Reyn- but the play belongs to Bruce. olds’s steadfast faith is tested to the breaking point yet she refuses to “curse God and die.” However, unlike Job she has no prospects of a new family and renewed prosperity, so why is she tested? With no reward for Shelah’s faith, CRITICS’ PICKS McCraney’s play is hard-as-nails and the God he implies is shatteringly cruel, which may be precisely McCraney’s point. He anchors his THEATER REVIEW skills of potential combatants might not study play firmly in the Old Testament, not the New: Dream of the Burning Boy, Profiles The- too closely an eager boy reporting to the induc- Shelah—itself an Old Testament Hebrew name— atre at the Alley Stage, through April 28. Comrades Mine tion center clad in a gentleman’s suit. Nor did never invokes Jesus, but only the Lord. A teenage boy dies of natural causes, but Playwright: Maureen Gallagher Edmonds’ bunkmates see any need to question The time is “the distant present,” the same that doesn’t make his sudden absence any At: City Lit Theater at Edgewater the resourceful youth’s identity when “Franklin” mythologizing delineation McCraney used for his less unsettling to his family and peers in Presbyterian Church, 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. dressed as a woman to spy behind enemy lines. astonishing previous work, The Brother/Sister this sensitive—and strikingly candid—ex- Tickets: 773-293-3682; As a character observes in hindsight, “When Plays, and the place is Head of Passes, the pri- ploration of individual trauma and likewise www.citylit.org; $28.50 you’re not looking for it, you don’t see it.” mal Louisiana marshlands where the Mississippi individual healing. MSB Runs through: May 19 If Edmonds and her comrades had known they River empties into the sea. Shelah’s comfortable L’imitation of Life, Hell in a Handbag were making history, though, they probably home there is well-furnished although in need Productions at Mary’s Attic, through May BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE would have kept more accurate records. “Private of repairs. On her birthday, Shelah hosts employ- 10. A hilariously campy drag send up of the Thompson” was declared a deserter after dis- ees, friends, her two adult sons and an estranged “serious” 1959 Douglas Sirk film starring Sarah Emma Edmonds—alias Pvt. Franklin appearing during a bout of malaria. (Edmonds step-daughter, Cookie, the illegitimate child of Lana Turner involving an ambitious actress, Thompson, alias Mrs. S.E. Seelye—wasn’t the would claim in her autobiography that she Shelah’s late husband. Shelah hides her terminal her devoted African-American maid and first woman to fight in a war disguised as a feared going to a hospital, where she would cer- illness and attempts reconciliation with Cookie, their troubled daughters. SCM man, but she was the first to be granted full tainly undergo physical examination.) Indeed, who had been sexually abused by her father. The Magic Parlour, The House Theatre of government benefits in recognition of her ser- most of what we know of Edmonds’ astonishing Told with plentiful humor, Act I appears to be Chicago at Palmer House Hilton, through vice in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War. career is drawn from her own accounts, which a conventional family drama to play out in Act June 21. Youthful master magician Den- Ironically, this unorthodox Billy Yank was born she freely admitted to embellishing in order to II. Instead, McCraney literally blows Shelah’s nis Watkins offers an intimate hour of jaw- and raised in Canada, where the mannerisms increase sales. This absence of reliable facts house and life away to focus entirely on Shelah’s dropping sleight-of-hand magic and mind- acquired through her habit of wearing men’s makes Edmonds’ story a difficult one to tell. unquestioning faith in the near-monolog Act II. reading. His repartee adds to the fun. JA clothes for doing farm chores allowed her to find Maureen Gallagher opts to focus on her hero- Delving deeper into the Old Testament, Head of Smokey Joe’s Café, Theo Ubique Cabaret work peddling Bibles, before abolitionist sym- ine’s struggle, not only against the enemy, but Passes explores the concept of the sins of the fa- Theatre at Royal George Theatre, through pathies led her to enlist with the Flint Second the prejudices of her countrymen as well. Jus- thers being visited upon the offspring “of those May 26. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller wrote Michigan Volunteer Infantry. tine C. Turner contributes another of her under- who hate me.” But Shelah loves the Lord and the first chapters in the American Rock- The success of her ruse lied partly in the cus- stated cross-dressing turns as the courageous follows His commandments, thus invoking God’s and-Roll Songbook, and not that Theo toms of the time—males did not often undress Edmonds, flanked by an ensemble ably invok- love “to a thousand generations of those that Ubique’s dazzling hit revue has moved to in each other’s presence, for example, even in ing their milieu while never exceeding the scope love me.” Which is it? Is Shelah punished for the Royal George Cabaret, audiences span- the camps—but her chief ally was the sheer of their narrative. If the conclusion—with the ignoring evidence of abuse under her own roof? ning five generations can be found reveling unlikelihood of such a masquerade occurring fraternal acceptance of her fellow veterans con- She thinks so, but McCraney leaves that deter- in forever-young teen-romantic angst. MSB at all. In an age when the rare women serv- stituting Edmonds’ most cherished reward for mination to the audience. —By Abarbanel, Barnidge ing in military capacities (e.g., Clara Barton) the hardships she suffered in combat and af- Head of Passes is quite different from The and Morgan retained their feminine corsets and petticoats, terward—strikes you as a little too Hollywood Brother/Sister Plays which were buoyant, joyous a recruiter intent on assessing the fitness and biopic, you’ll just have to write your own sequel. WINDY CITY TIMES April 24, 2013 13 SPOTLIGHT

Barbra Streisand became a star in 1964 when she wowed Broadway as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl. But Streisand ac- tually made her Broadway debut two years earlier as the secretary Miss Marmelstein in the musical comedy I Can Get it for You Wholesale. If you’ve only heard I Can Get it for You Wholesale via its cast album, then see the Jerome Weidman/Harold Rome musical live when the new Lost Note Theater Company presents it in a concert reading for its in- augural season of forgotten and lesser-known shows. I Can Get it for You Wholesale plays 3 p.m. Saturday, April 27, 7 Big Fish. Photo by Paul Kolnik p.m. Tuesday, April 30 and Wed., May 1, at Strawdog The- atre Company’s Hugen Hall, 3829 N. Broadway. Tickets are THEATER REVIEW At the heart of Big Fish is a tender parental $20; visit www.brownpapertickets.com or www.paulgmiller. story between tall-tale-talking Alabama father wix.com/lostnotetheatrecompany. Photo by Austin D. Oie Big Fish Edward Bloom (an insanely engaging Norbert Score: Andrew Lippa; Book: John August, Leo Butz) and his skeptical son Will, double cast based upon Daniel Wallace’s novel as youth by Anthony Pierini and Zachary Unger At: Oriental Theatre, 24 W. Randolph St. and as a grownup by an upstanding Bobby Steg- and her chorus of oversize dancing moths, the Tickets: 800-775-2000 or gert. the delineations between everyday reality and circus flashback involving a ringmaster with www.broadwayinchicago.com; $33-$100 Edward’s autobiographical stories are filled flights of imagination. scary secrets (Brad Oscar) and a tap-dancing Runs through: May 5 with fantastical embellishments, involving Where improvements could be made are in chorine-filled USO sequence that allows another mythical creatures like a witch, a giant, a mer- John August’s episodic book—particularly the chance for the super-talented Kate Baldwin (as BY SCOTT C. MORGAN maid, and more—much to the annoyance of introductory scene between Edward and Karl the Edward’s wife, Sandra) to glam it up and shine. Will. A longtime rift between father and son giant (Ryan Andes) that needs punchier humor Projection designer Benjamin Pearcy for 59 The Broadway-bound world premiere musical Big is bridged when Will and his French wife, Jo- or a greater sense of menace. Composer/lyricist Productions creates a plethora of astonishing Fish features gobs of clever stagecraft that sim- sephine (Krystal Joy Brown), learn that they’re Andrew Lippa might also consider a catchier live and video animation effects against the ply take your breath away. But then there are not only expecting a son, but that Edward has opening number to encompass the whole thrust wooden-framed sets of designer Julian Crouch— also moments when you scratch your head and been diagnosed with terminal cancer. of the show. And the dancing campfire woman is very much a visual way of representing how think, is that the best that they could do? As Will strives to seek out the truth to Ed- obviously an awkward filler bit to cover a quick Edward Blooms stories liven up the hum-drum I’m happy to report that Big Fish is largely in ward’s stories, we get to see many episodically costume change. Alabama existence he truly lives as a traveling ship-shape form—a relief to risk-averse Chicago reenacted on stage. This gives director/chore- The producers of Big Fish should be proud of salesman. Adding to the fantasy immeasurably theatergoers wary of shelling out big bucks to be ographer Susan Stroman the chance to pull out what they have on their hands—a fantasy-filled are William Ivey Long’s costumes and the light- audience guinea pigs. But Big Fish has room for the razzle-dazzle stops, particularly in numbers father-son tale that tugs at the heartstrings. Big ing design of Donald Holder that also show some improvements. involving a backwater Witch (Katie Thompson) Fish isn’t perfect just yet, but it’s nearly there. 14 April 24, 2013 WINDY CITY TIMES THEATER Addams Hull-House Museum, Hyde Park Art Cen- Wonka Ball April 26 ter, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts at About Face Theatre celebrates its 17th year the University of Chicago, Lookingglass Theatre, with “Wonka Ball 2013: Circus Maximus” on Fri- Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Poetry day, April 26, at 8 p.m. at Architectural Arti- ‘Anything Goes’ for Foundation, Raven Theatre, Victory Gardens The- facts, 4325 N. Ravenswood Ave. ater, Northwestern University Feinberg School of The Ringmaster’s VIP cocktail party will be at Medicine and Woman Made Gallery. 7 p.m. out actor Shane The opening celebration will take place Wed., The annual gala includes a silent auction, May 15, 6-8:30 p.m., at the Chicago Cultural the presentation of the 2013 Leppen Leader- BY SCOTT C. MORGAN us get back onto the right path in life. My char- Center, 78 E. Randolph St. ship Awards and the About Face Youth Theatre acter is a recovering alcoholic and my brother, See www.bodiesofworkchicago.org/ MVP Award. Activist Mary Morten will receive the The quintessential Broadway musical of the played by Vincent Rodriguez III, is a gambler. So festival/2013-festival.html. 2013 Leppen Leadership Award from About Face 1930s is unquestionably Anything Goes. The we’re on the boat and there are so many wacky Theatre. frothy 1934 screwball comedy set aboard a luxu- and fun plots and we cause so much mischief General-admissions tickets are $135. (VIP ry ocean liners is a barrel of laughs (a credit to because of my brother’s gambling problem. Nora Dunn at passes are $135 plus a $100 tax-deductible con- the original book writers P.G. Wodehouse, Guy WCT: So what is it like being a Cole Porter tribution.) See www.aboutfacetheatre.com or Bolton and Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse). musical that is so emblematic of the 1930s? May 2 event call 773-784-8565. Sven Asmus and Arica Hilton welcome actress But more importantly, Anything Goes sparkles MS: The show wouldn’t be anything without and Saturday Night Live alum Nora Dunn for the with a standard-filled score by the late gay com- him because he wrote such an amazing score for fundraiser “Myths and Legends” on Thursday, poser Cole Porter. Just a few of Porter’s classic it. His lyrics are so clever and well-thought-out. Bodies of Work May 2, 6:30-9:30 p.m., at the Hilton-Asmus Gal- songs include “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “You’re That’s what makes this score and show feel re- lery, 716 N. Wells St. the Top” and the tap-happy title number. ally exciting. It’s classic music theater that has Festival May 15-25 Dunn’s solo piece Mythical Proportions pre- However, if you listen closely to the lyrics, all of the spectacle and pizzazz of any new piece The Bodies of Work Festival—which perceives mieres in Chicago Aug. 20 at Theater Wit, 1229 some sly gay insinuations can be gleaned. For of work that you’ll see on Broadway. And what’s disability art as playing a key role in articulat- W. Belmont Ave. instance, the song “Anything Goes” features a great is that it’s for people of all ages. … I think ing what disability means personally, politically The $75 tax-deductible donation includes a that’s why the tour is doing so well across the and aesthetically”—will take place May 15-25 at single-bites dinner provided by Wicker Park’s nation. Word of mouth is huge. multiple venues. Enoteca Roma; an open bar featuring beer, wine WCT: It is difficult to keep fit while you’re Eleven cultural/academic institutions and and a special designer cocktail; and five-star on tour? community groups are participating: Access Liv- desserts by Chana Zelig. MS: It’s hard because you get tempted. Kath- ing’s Disability Arts and Culture Project, Jane Visit www.mythicalproportions.com. leen Marshall’s hometown is Pittsburgh and she’s telling us everywhere to go to eat. But you really have to watch yourself because you could gain a few pounds. But Roundabout’s so good about getting us gyms and it’s really important for us to be able to work out every day and keep fit. WCT: Do you have any connections to Chi- cago? MS: I have a lot of friends from college. One is Adrian Aguilar, who is performing right now in Pal Joey [for Porchlight Music Theatre]. He’s been like a big brother for about seven years now because I also know his brother, Alex Agui- lar, who is in New York. I also auditioned for MTV’s The Real World Chicago a long time ago. WCT: What are the best moments of the show, in your opinion? MS: There’s an eight-minute tap break for Any- thing Goes. It’s one of the best pre-intermission dances you will ever see. Everyone in the com- pany, especially Rachel York, works their butts off. I don’t know how she does it every day, but Marcus Shane. Publicity shot she leads the company in that and then Blow, Gabriel, Blow in Act II. Back-to-back before and after intermission, the whole company does an- ‘Under a Rainbow Flag’ ends run verse that goes: “If love affairs you like, with other blockbuster number led by Rachel, who The world-premiere run of the gay World War II musical Under a Rainbow Flag ended its successful young bears you like, why nobody will oppose.” just slays it. She’s beautiful and so talented. Ev- run April 21. Pictured is Jon Phillips with the cast and Sam Button-Harrison, who plays him in the Also, “You’re the Top” features the capping lyric, ery time I’m offstage I can’t stop looking at her. show. “But if baby I’m the bottom, you’re the top!” She’s amazing. Phillips is a gay World War II veteran, and Leo Schwartz wrote the musical based on Phillips’ life. Chicago audiences get another chance to Anything Goes continues through Sunday, A longtime Chicagoan, Philips also lead a very fascinating life post-World War II. He was profiled revel in the musical comedy world of Anything May 5, at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. in Windy City Times: http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Chicagoan-Jon-Phillips-reflects-at- Goes now that the North American tour of the Randolph St. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. 91-on-a-life-well-lived/41192.html. Roundabout Theatre Company’s 2011 Broadway Tuesday through Friday (and Sunday, April The play was produced by Pride Films and Plays, and directed by David Zak, with music direction by revival is playing at the Cadillac Palace Theatre. 28), 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays Robert Ollis. The three-time Tony Award-winning production (also Wednesday, May 1). Tickets are $27- The musical is up for 2013 non-Equity Jeff Awards for Best Musical, Best Director (Zak), New Work uses the 1987 Lincoln Center Theater revisal by $95; call 800-775-2000 or visit www.broad- (Leo Schwartz), Music Direction (Ollis), and Supporting Actor (James Nedrud). Timothy Crouse and John Weidman, which in- wayinchicago.com. Photos by Tracy Baim terpolated even more Porter songs like “It’s De- Lovely” and “Friendship” from his other shows. Rachel York (City of Angels, Victor/Victoria) ‘Mormon’ cast stars as the revivalist lounge singer Reno Swee- heads cabaret ney, who sings the Act II showstopper “Blow, Gabriel, Blow” (a song title that causes many fundraiser people to titter for double entendre meanings). Select members of the Chicago cast of Book of Also in the company is out actor Marcus Mormon will perform in a one-night-only cabaret Shane, who portrays the Chinese brother, John, fundraiser, Monday April 29, at 7:30 p.m., at The who is under the watch of a minister named Laugh Factory, 3175 North Broadway. Henry T. Dobson. Windy City Times caught up The event tops off the cast’s six-week-long with Shane, a Korean native who grew up with fundraising campaign for Broadway Cares/Equity an adopted American family near Ann Arbor, Fights AIDS. Last year, Broadway Cares/Equity Mich., just before a brush up rehearsal with Tony Fights AIDS awarded more than $5 million to Award-winning director/choreographer Kathleen support HIV/AIDS and health care organizations Marshall in Pittsburg. Below is an edited inter- around the globe, including local recipient Chi- view with Shane: cago House. WCT: Could you tell us about your character General-admission tickets are $40. (Tickets in- and what he gets up to in the show? clude two complimentary beverages.) Tickets are MS: I play one of two brothers who come onto available at www.laughfactory.com or 773-327- the ship and we are watched by a priest to help 3175. WINDY CITY TIMES April 24, 2013 15 WCT: There is talk that Sons of Anarchy cre- from Texas. She is a heroic larger-than-life fig- ator Kurt Sutter plans to end the show after ure, who did so much good and was out there, Paris Barclay: the seventh season. but at the same time she was so quiet and dis- PB: That’s the current plan that I’ve heard. creet about whom she loved in private. I find People who watch Sons of Anarchy know it has it very intriguing and a good foundation for a Out director discusses echoes of Shakespeare’s Hamlet and they know a motion picture. little bit of the plot if they know about the plot WCT: And Viola Davis is playing the lead? machinations of that play. Then they can expect PB: Yes. I think she’s one of the best actresses ‘Anarchy’ and Barbara Jordan certain things to happen in the course of finish- in the world. I’ve seen a few bad movies that Vi- ing the Sons of Anarchy story. ola Davis has been in, but I’ve never seen Viola BY TERRI-LYNNE WALDRON WCT: Tell me about directing the music vid- Davis be bad in a movie. eo for LL Cool J’s song “Big Ole Butt,” and WCT: How progressive has Hollywood’s rep- Chicago native Paris Barclay is a director, pro- more recently for his song “Take It.” resentation of gay characters and Black gay ducer and writer who has worked on Glee, Smash PB: The video for “Big Ole Butt” was the first characters been, and what work needs to be and Sons of Anarchy and the TV movies Hate video where I started a relationship with LL Cool done? and Pedro. The married father of two opened up J and that helped to develop my career. I have PB: I will be one of the people who says more about being called a “gay-identifying” artist, always stayed in touch with him and we only work needs to be done. I’m really proud of the being an inspiration for all Americans and the live a couple of miles away. When he called and character that Alex Newell plays on Glee, who is importance of a Barbara Jordan biopic. said, “Hey, I have a new record and I want you to an African-American gay man who identifies as Windy City Times: In 2004 you spoke at the come and listen to it,” I jumped at the chance. a woman. I think Sam on Smash is also a really Black Images On Screen festival in Chicago WCT: You won two Emmys for directing epi- nice and balanced portrayal of an African-Amer- at Columbia College. You were paraphrased as sodes of NYPD Blue. In 2012 you and your ican gay man. I think what we’ll see in the next saying that you plan to retire soon from pro- husband, Christopher Barclay, were awarded a 10 years is just more gay men of different colors ducing and directing so you can explore the Family Values Award from In the Life Media, involved in relationships and in stories and that challenges of writing. given to “individuals whose representation of being less and less of an issue of conversation— Paris Barclay: That is a mischaracterization of LGBT families serve as an inspiration for all just being more of a fact in life. what I actually said. What I believe I said was Americans.” Which award is more fulfilling? Get your Glee fix Thursday nights on Fox, that I wanted to shift the focus to doing more PB: Emmys do more for your career, but in look for the sixth season of Sons of Anarchy writing, and not just doing producing and di- terms of putting a message out there that we to debut this October on FX and watch Smash recting. In the past nine years I started to do care about, you can’t really top being acknowl- Saturday nights on NBC. For more info visit that. edged for family values. We adopted our two http://www.fox.com/glee/ www.fxnetworks. WCT: At that festival you were billed as a children from the Los Angeles County foster-care com/soa/ and http://www.nbc.com/smash. “gay-identifying” artist. Do you think that it system and we’re really proud of that because is important for gay artists to create art that Paris Barclay. Photo courtesy of FX there are so many kids that are in foster care speaks to their sexual orientation? that don’t get adopted. L.A. is one of those plac- ‘Glee’ renewed After lengthy negotiations, Fox‘s musical PB: I think it may be helpful to the world at es that, as a gay couple or as a gay individual, dramedy Glee has been picked up for the next large but I don’t think we should impose any there is not a barrier based on your sexual ori- two seasons, according to Deadline.com. (The pre-conceptions on what artists who identify WCT: Do you come back to Chicago regu- entation. negotiations took longer because the network as gay do. It would be a little like saying art- larly? WCT: Tell me about developing, producing starts footing the bill after the fourth season.) ists who are African-Americans should only do PB: At least once a year to see my family. My and directing the biopic about lesbian U.S. Glee now joins Fox shows Bones, The Follow- African-American stories and should empha- parents are still there, and many of my sisters Congresswoman Barbara Jordan. ing, New Girl, The Mindy Project and Raising size that. My feeling has always been that you and brothers are still in the Chicagoland area. PB: Whenever I mention Barbara Jordan I’m Hope, which all have been renewed for next sea- should tell stories based on your experience and Certainly at Christmas time I try to get back to always stunned that people don’t know of her things that move you. experience the cold. [Laughs] as the first African-American woman in Congress son.

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Clark Street at North Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60614 Call 312.642.4600 or visit www.chicagohistory.org 16 April 24, 2013 WINDY CITY TIMES Renoir—which opens at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema in Chicago this Friday—is, in many ways, the quintessential French film. Fo- cusing on the last years of the great impression- KNIGHT ist painter as France was embroiled in World War AT I in 1915, Gilles Bourdos’ movie is a feast for THE the senses, an homage to a great artist and a sensual romantic drama. MOVIES When the aging Pierre-Auguste Renoir (which Michel Bouquet portrays with steely fortitude and surprising moments of longing)—deter- mined to continue to paint no matter the cost to his fraying health—hires the lush beauty Andree (Christa Theret) as his new model, his household By is in a bit of uproar. Richard Knight, Jr. At the first appearance of Andree, Renoir’s all- female staff gives her the once-over, and finds the tart-tongued and rather brazen young wom- an distinctly wanting. But Renoir knows what he Pain & Gain; needs for inspiration and brooks no interference, and Andree’s posing sessions (usually in the hills Vincent Rottiers in Renoir. Photo by Fidelite Films and Samuel Goldwyn Films above country Renoir’s home) become daily oc- Renoir currences. him hostage at a dildo-manufacturing ware- sweetness, the actor can’t help but bring his un- I admit it: The main reason I wanted to see Although it’s not quite correct to say that An- house. Then the jaw-dropping stuff—all true— derlying charm to the part. The same is true for Pain & Gain, the latest movie from Mark Wahl- dree bewitches the old man, his youngest son starts to pile up and the audience is treated Johnson, whose Paul quickly falls off the wagon berg and Dwayne Johnson, was to see these Coco, or even the man who eventually falls in to one unbelievable scene after another; the and becomes increasingly paranoid (and fun- two renowned nipple ponies in their roles as love with her, Jean (Renoir’s older son who’s on commingled dumb luck and chutzpah, not to nier) as his cocaine use increases. And Mackie, bodybuilders. The chance to watch the former leave due to a war injury), the ginger-haired mention the sheer stupidity on display in this always winning, gets plenty of mileage out of Marky Mark and The Rock—whose careers both beauty eventually shakes up the lives of all three. twisted black comedy is a lot of fun to behold. his misguided character as well. got their initial blast-offs because of their spec- Her tartness masks vulnerability and a desire to Hell, there’s even a moment when Wahlberg Pain & Gain harkens back to the Coen Brother’s tacular physiques—strut around shirtless and in become an artist herself (via the movies) and briefly reincarnates Marky Mark in his Calvin 2008 Burn After Reading, which also revolves skimpy gym wear for nearly two hours proved she views the handsome Jean (played by Vincent Kleins (albeit, wielding a chainsaw). Things get around an idiot personal trainer (Brad Pitt) in- irresistible. And with a nice helping of Anthony Rottiers) as the man to elevate her life beyond so crazy that at one point the movie flashes a volved in extortion. Although that movie wasn’t Mackie on the side to boot, here was a chance to the provincial. Jean’s complicated relationship sign on the screen that reads, “Yes, this is still based on a true story and was altogether more see some beef and have my cake, too. with his father (something he shares with Coco) a true story.” To give away further plot points “literate,” it, too, took its inspiration from the Pain & Gain, which certainly does offer heavy and his determination to return to the war after would be to spoil the pleasure of discovery that foibles of the aggressively stupid, allowing au- doses of male musculature, is also an often hi- his leg injury heals are also explored as Andree’s is, I think, an essential component to this wacky diences the chance to feel irresistibly superior. larious black comedy with a nicely embedded presence shakes up their lives. black comedy. Pain & Gain offers moviegoers that same experi- moral—not to mention displaying expert per- The rich emotional exchanges in Renoir are Wahlberg’s Daniel—stupid, vain, yet gifted ence—and in our snarked-up culture that might formances from said nipple ponies. Based on interspersed with visually stunning montages— with an insane amount of optimism and confi- just be more satisfying than the over-the-top the jaw-dropping true story of a trio of deadly and one would expect nothing less in a bitter- dence—is a sort of misplaced older brother to explosions, meteorite showers, giant robots and though unbelievably inept criminals from Miami sweet delight such as this. www.landmarkthe- Dirk Diggler, the porn star character he played in toppled skyscrapers that Bay usually tosses at who, in 1994, kidnapped a wealthy client and atres.com Boogie Nights, his breakthrough role. Although us. managed to abscond with the majority of his Daniel doesn’t have a smidgen of Dirk’s innate assets—at least for a while—the movie is per- fect date fare. (Gay audiences should be warned, however, that there are a few homophobic slurs.) TELEVISION Don’t let the fact that Michael Bay directed— he of the soulless, ear-splitting blockbusters— scare you off. Bay has made a conscious effort to Actress reflects on return of ‘All let his incredibly improbable true story and his incredibly buff actors do their stuff. The movie, My Children’ and her lesbian role which was scripted by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely and is based on an in-depth By David-Elijah Nahmod that’s not going away. There’s a comfort to the piece of the same title by Pete Collins, has none intimate relationships that fans have with the of the eye-popping special effects (those hunks, On April 29, the iconic daytime drama All My soaps. People still crave these stories. Because aside) one would expect in a Michael Bay pic- Children (AMC) returns in a new online format. the show’s return is fan driven the new regime ture—nor does it need them. The revived serial, which ran for an impres- has to pay attention to the fans.” Wahlberg plays Daniel Lugo, a personal trainer sive 41 years on ABC, will present four 30 min- What made Bianca stand out in the annals determined to achieve the American dream of ute episodes a week, with a recap episode on of LGBT characters on television was her ab- endless riches, a mansion with an expanse of a Friday. The new episodes will be available at solute loyalty to her lesbian identity, which yard big enough to demand a riding lawn mower Hulu, Hulu Plus and iTunes. Fans of the show included a healthy love life. Bianca had nu- to trim it, and all the attendant stuff (and lus- fought a long, hard battle to bring this miracle merous girlfriends over the years, including an cious babes) to fulfill the typical consumer de- about. eye opening, mind opening 2006 fling with a sire. But reality is setting in and, with a start, For Eden Riegel, it’s old home week. For more pre-op lesbian identified transgender named Daniel realizes one day that in five years he’s than a decade, the actress portrayed AMC’s Bi- Zoe (Jeffrey Carlson) who was first seen as a still going to be a guy wearing sweatpants to anca Montgomery, the first long-term lesbian man named Zarf. Eden Riegel. PR photo work. He decides that one of his wealthy clients, character on daytime TV. The outing of Bianca Though she’s heterosexual, Riegel found it an obnoxious braggart named Victor Kershaw in 2000 was considered particularly ground- easy to portray Bianca’s coming out, as well as her schedule allows. “Bianca is an impor- (Tony Shaloub, in his best movie role in years), breaking at the time. Bianca is the daughter as the character’s subsequent relationships. “I tant part of my life,” she said, “I like seeing is the perfect target for a kidnapping. of Erica Kane (Susan Lucci), the show’s much grew up with gay people who are in commit- the character into this new frontier.” Daniel enlists Paul Doyle (Johnson) to help married vixen and leading lady. It remains un- ted, loving relationships,” she said. “These are Look for the new All My Children on Monday, him enact his scheme. Paul, one of the gym’s clear if Lucci will return to the series. important stories to tell.” April 29, at Hulu, Hulu Plus and iTunes. newest employees, is a recent ex-con, a born When we last saw Bianca in September 2011, As a child, Riegel appeared on Broadway in More information can be found at www.soap- again convert who has come to the gym seeking she was a happy lesbian mom in a new rela- the musical Les Misrables. “As a 10-year-old, central.com. employment after rejecting the advances of a tionship with another mom. When AMC picks I attended AIDS fundraisers with drag queens lustful priest. Dubious at first, he signs up after up, five years will have passed. where condoms were thrown into the audi- some physical convincing from a blonde stripper “I can’t reveal too much,” Riegel said in an ence,” she recalled. “I thought it was so cool! ‘The Guilt Trip’ out Daniel has hoodwinked into thinking he’s going interview with Windy City Times. “The produc- I’ve also known people who died of AIDS.” to put into the movies. Mackie plays Adrian, a on DVD April 30 ers want the launch to be spoiler-free.” She The actress revealed that her real-life sister steroid junkie who is also a trainer at the gym— The Seth Rogen-Barbra Streisand movie The did say that there would be “trouble in para- is a lesbian. “She doesn’t advise me at all,” and a dimwit who has fallen hard for a plump Guilt Trip will be out on Blu-ray, DVD, digital dise,” and that Bianca would be facing roman- Riegel said. “She totally gave me permission nurse (played in her usual out-of-it manner by download and On Demand April 30. tic hardships. to make the role my own.” Rebel Wilson). Special features on Blu-ray include a gag The actress promises that longtime AMC Riegel describes her initial return to the AMC “I watch a lot of movies, I know what I’m do- reel; alternate openings and an alternate end- fans will like what they see. “We’re not hold- canvas as a “guest story arc.” She tells WCT ing,” Daniel insists to the others, and they go ing; and featurettes such as “Guilt Trip: A Real ing back,” she said. “We’re going for it! At it’s that she’s also committed to appear in a play along with his plan to kidnap Victor and hold Mother of a Road Trip.” The retail price will be heart and history it’s a relationship driven on the West Coast; AMC tapes in Connecticut. him hostage until he signs away everything he’s $29.99 for the DVD and $39.99 for the Blu- show. There’s an appeal these shows have She hopes to continue appearing as Bianca got to the trio. Although there are several false ray/DVD combo pack. starts, they finally capture their prey and hold WINDY CITY TIMES April 24, 2013 17

Left: Choreographer and AFC Civic Leadership Award honoree Randy Duncan with comedian Paula Poundstone. Center: Lori Kaufman and AFC president/CEO David Munar present the Lori Kaufman Volunteer Award to Robert Neubert. Right: Poundstone and Neubert. Photos by Hal Baim. More photos available online at www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Paula-Poundstone-at-AFC-gala-comedy-for-the-cause/42462.html AIDS Foundation of Chicago uses comedy to fight for the cause By MELISSA WASSERMAN Poundstone performed her stand-up comedy thrilled with the event’s turnout, the support going on, I think it’s good to sometimes be able routine consisting of a mix of her own jokes and from attendees, and the Chicago community’s to take a step back and just have fun, but also AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) held its annu- improvised material, which called for some audi- efforts in leading the fight. Poundstone, he said, don’t forget about whatever the greater issues al spring dinner, with award-winning comedian ence participation. was a natural pick for the event as she is a long- are,” said Reed. “It [the event] raises money Paula Poundstone headlining the April 18 event. Duncan—a nationally renowned choreogra- time supporter of the cause. This event marked and it gives us an opportunity to further try to “A One Woman Show: An Evening with Pau- pher who has donated his time and choreogra- her sixth appearance at an AFC fundraiser. add more donors. So, as we try to attract people la Poundstone” welcomed approximately 500 phy to Dance for Life, the annual performance “She lends her talent and her time to help us to come to the event, we hope we attract more guests into the Hilton Chicago’s Grand Ballroom. benefiting local AIDS organizations—said he is raise money for the fight, so in thinking about donors, not only for this event, but for future The event consisted of a cocktail reception, din- driven by the fact he can help those who have how to bring back the energy we thought Paula events and also spread more information about ner and a VIP Reception. battled with the disease. was a great pick,” said Munar. “Today she proved what’s happening—current information. There’s Choreographer Randy Duncan was presented “The great thing about it is having all these that was a good decision. We love Paula. She’s a lot of stats tonight about things that are in- with the Civic Leadership Award and Robert Neu- supporters and friends come out and say thank quirky, she’s silly, her comedy is interactive and volving HIV/AIDS and I think that’s important bert received the Lori Kaufman Volunteer Award. you for something I am absolutely passionate very standup; she gets the crowd thinking. She’s that people understand those stats and hope- Neubert is director of catering sales at the Hil- about,” said Duncan. “It’s really no work for me fabulous.” fully that will drive action in terms a donation ton and also a board member of AFC. and it’s really a privilege to be doing what I do Describing the evening as interesting with its or involvement.” WGN entertainment reporter Dean Richards and to know people are out there and actually mix of a serious conversation and comedy, Reed You can read honoree Robert Neubert’s and AFC President/CEO David Munar took the enjoy the fruits of what the passion is, is just said the event helps in raising money and atten- speech here: http://www.windycitymedia- stage to welcome the crowd, while Curtis Reed incredible. 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“Let me tell you this about The View: I take set up chairs in front of the stage 12 hours be- a paycheck every other week. That’s all I do. I fore the show even started! Congrats to every- could give a shit what comes. I do my job—I one who helped make it such a great weekend. have a contract. That’s where I stand. I don’t You know that I’ve hosted tons of pride fes- give a fuck.”—Whoopi Goldberg answers ques- tivals—from Stonewall 25 in NYC to LA Pride’s tions about who could replace Joy Behar ... or, 40th anniversary and everything in between. for that matter, Elisabeth Hasselbeck. And now I get to help commemorate another No matter where I live, where I work, or where landmark—I’ll be hosting the 30th anniversary I travel, I’m always a Bostonian. It’s still the celebration of Long Beach Pride May 18-19. place I call home. In fact, I’ll be in Boston by What makes it even better is that the weekend the time you read this. While the news changes is filled with performances by a number of my moment by moment, there’s hope that the worst good friends—including a full concert by Fan- is over. The day after the bombings, Elisabeth tasia and her band on Saturday night. On Sun- Hasselbeck shared memories of running the Bos- day, the line-up consists of alums from American ton Marathon and how this attack may forever Idol and The Voice, including David Hernandez, /SidetrackBar cast a shadow on the event. Whoopi Goldberg Kimberly Caldwell, Paris Bennett, Frenchie Da- piped in, “Maybe next year, those of us who vis, Beverly McClellan and Jamar Rogers. You can have never run a marathon should head to get more info and a complete schedule at Long- Boston and run the marathon.” All of The View BeachPride.com. co-hosts agreed. Of course, it’s fine by Joy Be- Another member of the American Idol family har—she’ll be long gone. Elisabeth may be as was in the news this week. Clay Aiken’s fans are well. My darling Sherri Shepherd and I will no known for being very devoted. But one particu- doubt drive the route (while stopping at some lar Claymate has taken it a bit far. Barbara Saylor drive-thrus). That leaves Whoopi as the only one from Seattle likes to travel wherever Clay is ap- pearing ... and a few places where he’s not. Last week, she was arrested for misdemeanor stalking and first degree trespassing after turning up at his North Carolina home. Allegedly, she snuck into his gated community, climbed a fence, and shimmied up the side of his house to peek in the window. That’s an awful lot of activity for a 57-year-old...I’m exhausted just reading it. But when you put it into perspective, Clay got off easy. Hugh Jackman’s stalker was arrested after throwing pubic hair on him! Reportedly, Kathleen Thurston slipped into NYC’s Gotham Gym and made her way to where Jackman was 3349 N. Halsted working out. She then allegedly reached into her SidetrackChicago.com waistband to pull something out—which Jack- man thought was a gun. Instead, what Thurston produced was a disposable razor covered in what is assumed to be her pubic hair (I sup- CALENDAR from page 20 pose we’ll have to wait till the razor comes back from forensics). She screamed, “I love you!” as she threw the hair-encrusted razor at Jackman, which is probably a mating ritual in some cul- tures. Why he had her arrested is anyone’s guess. Billy says that Brent Corrigan (above) is on away for lack of funds; 7pm, Holiday Club, 4000 and other critical illnesses across the United States. Our “Ask Billy” question is from Jarrod in San N. Sheridan Rd., www.facebook.com/groups/chica- Don’t miss this opportunity for an intimate show the mend. Francisco: “I heard that [porn star] Brent Cor- gomichfest with one of Broadway’s most acclaimed casts! 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As it turns out, he had a bacterial in- dedicated to the music of One year anniversary and North suburban playwrights will premiere 13 Beach Gay Pride. You would never guess that fection, which was exacerbated by dehydration show. Doors 7pm. 8pm, Copernicus Theater, 5216 W. new plays and musicals through May 22, beginning Lawrence Ave., Tickets: http://gopride.com/z832 with a gala benefit performance of Genderella, an this was one of the youngest gay-pride organi- and exhaustion. I ran into him shortly after his original musical. Tickets for the gala are $20. 7pm, zations in the country from how perfectly orga- ER visit and he told me, “The problem is I just Sunday, April 28 Next Theatre Company, 927 Noyes St., Evanston, nized the parade went. None of the lags or other work too hard.” Sean was in the midst of film- Urban Village Church Spiritual worship is about http://www.broadwayworld.com; Tickets: http:// issues that often hamper these festivities. Given ing Triple Crossed, which he also acted in and coming together as community to make space for www.brownpapertickets.com my strong opinions, I was the perfect person directed. He then had two days off before start- God to move in us. It’s a place to receive God’s grace and love and to give of ourselves, as well. Tuesday, April 30 to be a celebrity judge, alongside Randy Jones ing his next movie, The Dark Place. No wonder LGBT welcoming worship services at Urban Vil- LGBTQ Illinois Hispanic attorneys and law stu- (from The Village People) and director Richard he’s exhausted. When I checked in to see how he lage Church are eclectic and experiential, practical dents meeting Keynote: attorney Angelica Lopez, Jay-Alexander. No one would be surprised that was doing, he said, “You can’t wait for life and and intelligent, relevant and, hopefully, inspiring. plaintiff in the civil suit against the state of Illinois the highest scores went to Twist nightclub— work to file neatly into place. Sometimes you 10:15am-11:30am, Spertus Institute 610 S. Michi- provision against same-sex marriage. RSVP nicole. they constructed a pirate ship, for goodness just have to take what’s thrown at you, even if gan Ave., www.urbanvillagechurch.org [email protected]; 5:30pm-7:30pm, Quarles & “Southbridge” at Chicago Dramatists Athens, Ohio Brady , 300 N. LaSalle St. sake! Honorable mention went to the teens from it’s coming at you at once. I’m just thrilled I’m circa 1881. 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All proceeds go to Broadway Cares gayliberation.net festival attracted the biggest audience ever— one man’s filth is another man’s bible. - providing essential services for people with AIDS including quite a few diehard Lambert fans who 22 April 24, 2013 WINDY CITY TIMES and [they were] so handsome and such great with swimmers of all ability-levels and speeds. athletes; it was a little intimidating.” Through social events and community service, Smelts mark 25 But he persevered, and is smiling wide today. the team aims to promote personal growth and “I remember, in the early 1990s, we used to pride for all its members.” have practice on Saturday afternoons,” Mittle- The team will be represented at the annual Il- years in the pool man said. “After practice, my friend John used linois Masters Swimming Association state meet, to come over to my house; we’d eat any leftover which is April 25-28 at Glenbrook South High food from the week and then we would go over School in Glenview. By Ross Forman to Sidetrack, where they would have, at that Smelts members also will be participating this

time, two-stepping [dancing] instruction. John September in the annual Big Shoulders Open Paul Mittleman has been swimming for the pre- got to be a pretty good dancer; I never quite got Water Swim Classic, a 5K event that kicks off at dominantly gay Chicago Smelts for 24 of the the hang of it. Then we’d play pool at Roscoe’s Ohio Street Beach. team’s 25 years—longer than some of his team- and generally make a night of it.” “I am one of the few Smelts who swim regular- mates have even been alive. In 1996, a Smelts member organized a biath- ly that has been a member since the 1980s, and Mittleman, 57, who lives in Chicago’s Edgewa- lon (swimming and running) at Illinois Beach I reflect on it sometimes,” he said. “It is a great ter neighborhood, is the vice president for the State Park. The race started early one morning, workout, with fun people that is not expensive; Hispanic Housing Development Corporation and so many of the team members camped out. That I can’t think of anything else that I would rather had a civil union in 2012 with his partner of 13 memory is still strong for Mittleman. do to stay fit. years, Michael Calcagno. “The Smelts is a great group of fun-loving, un- “The Smelts certainly have helped me stay in Mittleman joined the Smelts about a year after pretentious athletes,” he said. shape; plus, I have met lots of friends over the it was formed. Added team member Lemikas Levender, “The years through the team.” “I was on the swim team for a while in high Image courtesy of the Smelts. Smelts foster an atmosphere of camaraderie, school, so I was a decent swimmer,” Mittleman said. “I was looking to stay in shape, [and] the location and the practice times were conve- sion] swim teams in the state,” Mittleman said. nient. Plus, the people were great. “We’ve always had straight women and some “I think that the intensity of the workouts straight men on the team—now there are more were what has kept me there for all these years. straight people who swim for the great workouts It’s difficult on your own to workout at the same and nice people. intensity that you can with a coached practice. “The level of participation in swim meets and We have always have had great coaches that put other athletic events have varied. In the early in a huge amount of time in exchange for simple days, there was a lot of participation in triath- recognition once a year at our pre-Thanksgiving lon-type events. The Big Shoulders swimming team party. event in Lake Michigan has always been very “Swimming is still fun and still a great work- popular, too. Now we have strong participation out. Plus, I have made lots of friends and gotten in swim meets.” to know quite a number of people through the Mittleman was 33 when he joined the Smelts Smelts.” and now admits, “I never would have thought The Smelts this year feature 133 members on that I would have spent 70 percent of my adult the co-ed club, with 64 percent male swimmers. life swimming with the Smelts.” “There were always some really great swim- But it keeps him fit, “and I still think that I mers on the team, but in recent years, the depth get some looks from handsome younger guys … of swimming talent has really expanded. Now or maybe I’m just dreaming,” he said, laughing. there are lots of really great swimmers on the “When I started on the team, I just remember team and we are one of the top Masters [Divi- that a lot of the guys were younger than I was,

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